ანჩამინს

Laz

Alternative forms

  • ანჩამინენ (ançaminen)Atina, Artasheni
  • აჩამიჲ (açamiy)Vizha

Etymology

From ა- (a-) +‎ ნჩამინ- (nçamin-) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁em-in- (to stratch).

Verb

ანჩამინს • (ançamins) (Latin spelling ançamins) (VitseArkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

  1. to itch
    კაპულა მანჩამინს
    ǩap̌ula mançamins
    My back itches

Usage notes

  • This verb has perfective optative rather than imperfect optative unlike other stative verbs.
  • All conjugated forms are accented on the second syllable
  • In the future tense, accent is on the syllable containing the optative marker.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “ançaminen (PZ)(AŞ), ançamins (FN ~ ÇX)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ონჩამინუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi